Blundering Chinese officials were forced to cut a motorway in half to go around a block of flats after they accidentally erected the building in its proposed path then realized it would cost too much to relocate the tenants. In Xi'an, Shaanxi province in western China construction workers had to squeeze the eight-lane highway into four and subsequently left furious residents stuck in the middle of a busy road. They had just been moved from their previous homes to make way for a park so refused to move again unless they were heavily compensated. So the council decided to save a small fortune by leaving the flats in place. The council then started negotiations with the tenants, but with their new, modern flats they wanted even more compensation, and after several months of failed negotiations, the council simply gave up and built around the problem. But the road has been branded a waste of time and money as it has done little to solve the problem of rush-hour congestion that it was designed to solve. It is not the first time a blunder or a dispute has led to bizarre construction projects in China. In December, an ancestral grave was left standing in the middle of a building site because the family of the deceased refuse to let it be moved. The single gravestone was left on top of a ten meter high mound while workers erected a high-end block of flats around it in Taiyuan, capital of northern China's Shanxi Province. The tomb is the ancestral grave of a villager from nearby Longbao whose family is unhappy with the level of relocation compensation that has been offered. Last year, Chinese workers famously had to build a motorway around a single house when the owners refused to relocate. Luo Baogen and his wife insisted on living in the half-demolished building in the city of Wenling, in Zhejiang province, because they believe that the compensation offered by the government to move was not enough. However, the house was finally pulled down after the couple reportedly accepted an increased offer of compensation from US$ 35,3 to 41,8 thousand. Such curious things happen all over the world. Recently construction firm builds 47-storey skyscraper in Spain but forget to fit a lift .

Investment program (Program 1 and Program 2) of "North-South" road corridor was presented on August 10 in Yerevan. According to Press-center of the Ministery of Transport and Communications, total length of the road is about 556 kilometers, which will link the Black Sea and other european countries through Armenia and Georgia. Crossing Armenia's territory from the south to the north (Meghri, Kapan-Goris-Yerevan-Ashtarak-Gyumry-Bavra), the corridor will join the Georgian road. The program funding is divided into separate tranches and government has already signed a US$ 500 million investment agreement with Asia Development Bank. It should be noted, that the first loan agreement was signed on October 12, 2009, the second one this year on May 30. On August 2 the Ministery of Transport and Communications announced a tender for construction works of road sections Yerevan-Ashtarak (11,71 kilometers), Yerevan-Ararat (38 kilometers) and Ashtarak-Talin (42 kilometers). "North-South" road corridor investment program is planned to be completed in 2017.

As reported news agency Xinhua, construction of a tunnel that will traverse Trola Mountain in southwestern Sichuan Province began on June 1. At an altitude of 4.24 to 4.38 kilometers, the Trola Mountain tunnel will be the world's highest on a highway. As part of Sichuan-Tibet Highway that links Chengdu, Sichuan in the east with Lhasa, Tibet in the west. The 7-kilometers tunnel will shorten travel time across the mountain from more than two hours to only about 10 minutes, construction manager Li Ming said. He also added that, workers must first build an approach that is 14.06 kilometers long on the east side of the mountain. The tunnel is scheduled to be completed in four years with an investment of $US173 million. The 2,415 thousand kilometers Sichuan-Tibet highway is considered one the world's most deadly as it traverses a dozen rivers and 14 mountains with altitudes of 4 to 5 kilometers. China has spent nearly $ US 21.6 billion on development of 188 key projects in Tibet between 2005 and 2010, and key among them are projects that link Tibet to the rest of China. And the governments of Sichuan and Tibet are planning to build more tunnels on several key mountains to improve traffic.

After five months of construction, the auto traffic on Tsitsernakaberd highway was reopened. That's how long the first phase of construction works lasted. Works, that were carried out by Shinforum construction company, began on June 12 and were scheduled for completion until October 15. As a result of reconstruction a two-way single-lane traffic was replaced with a two-way two-lane, the road was widened by about five meters, new drainage and lighting systems were installed, the lack of which caused serious problems before. Pavements have also been renovated and expanded; now pedestrians can enjoy the 1.5-meter sidewalks. In parallel with the first stage of reconstruction, the second phase of works are also being carried out and new overpass is being built in the center of the highway. It will allow drivers to make a turning without help of traffic lights. That is why the middle section of the road isn't repaired and there is no pavements and new asphalt. Also note that as a basis for the new asphalt was mainly used the old road surface, which may lead to the deformation problems of the coating in the future. For the reconstruction of Tsitsernakaberd highway Yerevan municipality allocated about 1 billion 500 million drams, of which 866 million drams will be used for the second phase of construction works. We also note that recently the overpass in Garekin Nzhdeh street was opened (popularly known as "Meeting bridge"), and the construction works were undertaken by Griar CJSC. Work was delayed because of improper pre-assessment of the bridge condition and the corresponding changes in the construction documents and in the amount of work.